It’s the law, Jack. When the government breaks the law, they have to toe the line.

Responsibility comes with every relationship.

War is hot, not cold.

We had won the war, but when the insurgency reared its ugly head, we lost everything we had gained.

War is the most profitable business on earth

In the intelligence community, a rumor was almost as good as a confirmation.

The CIA’s offices in London were no secret to the MI6. In fact, the two agencies were practically kissing cousins.

Such was the hidden power of nature, capable of producing extreme beauty and cruelty at the same time.

It’s not going to be easy, but it’s kind of like ripping off a band-aid. Painful for a minute, but it has to be done.

Once you deposit that money in your checking account, it becomes the bank’s money and you’re just another one of their creditors.

To the heads of the new Islamic State, their God was money and power on earth.

I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

The hard struggle which the Pan-Germans fought with the Catholic Church can be accounted for only by their insufficient understanding of the spiritual nature of the people.

Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry.

It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.

It is dry, hazy June weather. We are more of the earth, farther from heaven these days.

Things are strongest where they're broken.

I love the man that [Peter Berg] is, the father that he is, and the leader. We push each other in a way. It's competitive.

David Bergen is a master of taut, spare prose that's both erotic and hypnotic. . . .

War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.